The Game
The Game
How well do you know football vocabulary?
This Football English lesson presents, practises and tests 10 football words that are related to the game of football.
- advantage
- defensive wall
- equaliser
- header
- in play
- open goal
- out of play
- own goal
- penalty shootout
- possession
Use the activity in the LEARN section to learn 10 words and phrases used to describe different football words.
After you have finished with the learning activity, use the QUIZ to see how much you've learned and to score some points. There are also worksheets you can download to help you learn these football words.
Remember, when you score points, you move up the leaderboard. You can also help your team and your country climb the leaderboard and become Premier Skills English champions!
Good luck!
Learn and practise the words
Activity: This activity tests your knowledge of the 10 words above. Match the words with the pictures.
Test yourself: Match the words and the pictures
Quiz - How many words have you learnt?
Quiz
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Are there any football words you need help with?
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16/07/2018
points
Words like equalizer is so difficult for me
16/07/2018 23:04
Liverpool
654
Words like equalizer is so difficult for me
16/07/2018
points
Possibly found a small bug. The past tense of "leap" in Q 9 looks like in American spelling, "leaped".
16/07/2018 03:31
Manchester United
61
Possibly found a small bug. The past tense of "leap" in Q 9 looks like in American spelling, "leaped".
16/07/2018
points
Hello Joking_Clock
In British English, we use both forms; leaped and leapt. In the past, 'leapt' was more popular, but both are OK now. I think they use both forms in American English too. When I am not sure, I usually look at the Cambridge learner's dictionary online: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/leap
Thanks for commenting
Jack - The Premier Skills English Team
16/07/2018 08:25
Arsenal
560
Hello Joking_Clock
In British English, we use both forms; leaped and leapt. In the past, 'leapt' was more popular, but both are OK now. I think they use both forms in American English too. When I am not sure, I usually look at the Cambridge learner's dictionary online: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/leap
Thanks for commenting
Jack - The Premier Skills English Team
07/07/2018
points
nice
07/07/2018 01:01
Manchester City
95
nice
13/06/2018
points
I got all correct!
13/06/2018 08:33
Manchester United
33
I got all correct!
01/06/2018
points
nice
01/06/2018 14:19
Manchester United
76
nice
31/05/2018
points
Great
31/05/2018 17:46
Arsenal
45
Great
31/05/2018
points
super
31/05/2018 10:16
Arsenal
45
super
31/05/2018
points
the best
31/05/2018 08:33
Arsenal
45
the best
31/05/2018
points
great
31/05/2018 07:44
Arsenal
45
great
14/05/2018
points
yeah!
14/05/2018 11:52
Chelsea
73
yeah!
14/05/2018
points
super
14/05/2018 10:46
Liverpool
10
super
12/05/2018
points
Cool
12/05/2018 07:33
Manchester United
823
Cool
05/05/2018
points
well done
05/05/2018 08:31
Liverpool
22
well done
23/04/2018
points
Nice
23/04/2018 21:06
Manchester City
45
Nice
16/04/2018
points
.
16/04/2018 13:59
Liverpool
30
.
16/04/2018
points
Hello?
16/04/2018 14:07
Liverpool
594
Hello?
04/04/2018
points
It was a great thing
04/04/2018 05:59
Manchester United
11
It was a great thing
08/03/2018
points
Very good exercise.
08/03/2018 19:57
Manchester United
62
Very good exercise.
08/03/2018
points
It was good
08/03/2018 15:22
Chelsea
14
It was good
06/03/2018
points
very good quiz!!
06/03/2018 09:14
Chelsea
110
very good quiz!!
02/03/2018
points
Good quiz to learn football vocabulary, thanks!
02/03/2018 15:34
Arsenal
33
Good quiz to learn football vocabulary, thanks!
02/03/2018
points
how to spell equaliser or equalizer
02/03/2018 10:00
Manchester City
33
how to spell equaliser or equalizer
02/03/2018
points
Good question! The answer is both are possible. Equaliser is more common in the UK and equalizer is used in the US.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
02/03/2018 10:24
Liverpool
594
Good question! The answer is both are possible. Equaliser is more common in the UK and equalizer is used in the US.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
12/02/2018
points
This is great to learn new words!
12/02/2018 17:38
Chelsea
28
This is great to learn new words!
10/02/2018
points
I got everything right.
10/02/2018 15:36
Chelsea
382
I got everything right.
08/02/2018
points
nice
08/02/2018 20:24
West Bromwich Albion
59
nice
25/01/2018
points
Yes, I got everything right because I've played football earlier. I did not hear some words like equalizer!
25/01/2018 21:01
Liverpool
319
Yes, I got everything right because I've played football earlier. I did not hear some words like equalizer!
19/01/2018
points
goal
19/01/2018 07:43
Manchester United
38
goal
30/12/2017
points
I have learning a news words.
30/12/2017 04:16
Manchester City
110
I have learning a news words.
17/12/2017
points
I did everything right! But I don´t understand the meaning of Open goal Is the first goal?
17/12/2017 20:07
Manchester City
103
I did everything right! But I don´t understand the meaning of Open goal Is the first goal?
17/12/2017
points
Hi ProfeMarcos
Welcome to Premier Skills English! I can see that you have done lots of quizzes already! It's great to have more fans from Uruguay on the website. Are you a big fan of Luis Suarez?
An open goal is when there is nobody between the striker and the goal. The attacker only needs to kick the ball into the net. Often a striker takes the ball round the goalkeeper and puts the ball into an open goal.
Hope that helps!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
17/12/2017 20:44
Liverpool
594
Hi ProfeMarcos
Welcome to Premier Skills English! I can see that you have done lots of quizzes already! It's great to have more fans from Uruguay on the website. Are you a big fan of Luis Suarez?
An open goal is when there is nobody between the striker and the goal. The attacker only needs to kick the ball into the net. Often a striker takes the ball round the goalkeeper and puts the ball into an open goal.
Hope that helps!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
18/12/2017
points
Thank you for your help! Now I undestand. I´m fan of Suarez, and especially fan of Cavani.
18/12/2017 22:09
Manchester City
103
Thank you for your help! Now I undestand. I´m fan of Suarez, and especially fan of Cavani.
03/12/2017
points
No, thanks
03/12/2017 14:20
Tottenham Hotspur
11
No, thanks
22/11/2017
points
Need to learn more clearly.
22/11/2017 12:19
Manchester United
33
Need to learn more clearly.
18/10/2017
points
Excellent!
18/10/2017 20:52
Chelsea
297
Excellent!
05/10/2017
points
Right now all things seems to be very easy and funny.
05/10/2017 09:22
Manchester City
1734
Right now all things seems to be very easy and funny.
29/09/2017
points
this is fun :)
29/09/2017 20:10
West Ham United
22
this is fun :)
25/08/2017
points
Great quiz to begin.
25/08/2017 21:23
Arsenal
1
Great quiz to begin.
21/08/2017
points
easy quiz
21/08/2017 07:56
Liverpool
12
easy quiz
19/08/2017
points
I continue my improvement
19/08/2017 15:06
Liverpool
58
I continue my improvement
15/08/2017
points
I would like to learn more precise words related to the tactical aspects of the game (e.g. man marking, pressuring) and also to specific plays (e.g. the keeper comes off the goal line...). Thank you.
15/08/2017 17:24
Arsenal
1
I would like to learn more precise words related to the tactical aspects of the game (e.g. man marking, pressuring) and also to specific plays (e.g. the keeper comes off the goal line...). Thank you.
17/08/2017
points
Hi GustavoP
You can find some of the more difficult words and phrases that you are looking for in this section. Take a look at the pages about goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers.
Hope that helps!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
17/08/2017 08:15
Liverpool
594
Hi GustavoP
You can find some of the more difficult words and phrases that you are looking for in this section. Take a look at the pages about goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers.
Hope that helps!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
12/08/2017
points
Good for me,
Thank you
12/08/2017 14:44
Manchester United
24
Good for me,
Thank you
10/08/2017
points
Another Amazing performance
10/08/2017 16:18
Everton
2
Another Amazing performance
31/07/2017
points
Very useful)
31/07/2017 17:42
Manchester City
5
Very useful)
22/07/2017
points
was really difficult to answer the picture
22/07/2017 22:34
Manchester City
2
was really difficult to answer the picture
15/07/2017
points
Words like "striker" or "slotted" don't have a good translation in my dictionary. "Striker" means someone who is on strike ? and "Slot" is a long and thin hole that you put something into like a coin ?
I see that many words change their mean when you're using them in the football world.
15/07/2017 19:51
Arsenal
7
Words like "striker" or "slotted" don't have a good translation in my dictionary. "Striker" means someone who is on strike ? and "Slot" is a long and thin hole that you put something into like a coin ?
I see that many words change their mean when you're using them in the football world.
16/07/2017
points
Hi Josep-Barca
Yes, multiple meanings can make things more difficult! Striker is quite common in English and is used more frequently than forward or attacker (these two words are more general). To slot home (to score an easy goal often after going around the goalkeeper) is much more idiomatic and therefore more difficult to understand.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
16/07/2017 15:04
Liverpool
594
Hi Josep-Barca
Yes, multiple meanings can make things more difficult! Striker is quite common in English and is used more frequently than forward or attacker (these two words are more general). To slot home (to score an easy goal often after going around the goalkeeper) is much more idiomatic and therefore more difficult to understand.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
13/07/2017
points
:)
13/07/2017 18:50
Arsenal
2
:)